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The beam that takes the anchor's full weight. That's the job.

Cathead is a forward-deployed engineering team that takes you from idea to production: the website, the booking system, the inventory, the payments. Engineered properly, handed over working.

Engagement snapshot
ModelForward-deployed team
ScopeIdea → production
After launchOngoing support
We work directly with your team — no account manager relay, no ticket queue.
Idea to production. We carry it the whole way, not just advise.
Forward-deployed. Latest tools and techniques, embedded with your team.
Support that sticks. We build it, then stay on for what you need next.
How we build

A forward-deployed engineering team, wired into the latest tooling.

Cathead embeds directly with your business rather than working at arm's length. A senior team that stays current with the newest frameworks, AI-assisted engineering and cloud practices — so what we ship isn't yesterday's stack.

What we do

Three ways to start

01

Build

Websites, booking, payments, inventory — whatever the business actually runs on. Handed over working, with the keys to all of it.

Typically 6–10 weeks
02

Audit

You've already got a system and something about it worries you. We go through it and write a report in plain English on what to fix and in what order.

Around two weeks
03

Retainer

Hosting, monitoring, updates, and the small changes you'd otherwise sit on for six months.

Monthly, cancel any time
How we work

Senior engineers you can actually reach.

A

Forward-deployed

We work embedded with your team, not from behind a ticket queue.

B

Idea to production

We carry projects the whole way, from first sketch to shipped.

C

The awkward conversation early

If a job turns out bigger than we thought, you hear it before we do the work.

D

Built, and supported

We develop it, then stay on for the support you actually need.

For the technical reader

What's under the bonnet

Cloud & infrastructure

  • Solutions design
  • Architecture reviews
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Cost optimisation

Full-stack engineering

  • React / Next.js
  • Node.js / Python
  • REST & GraphQL APIs
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • AI-assisted engineering

Business systems

  • Inventory & ERP
  • Bookings & payments
  • Reporting & dashboards
  • Data migration

Ongoing support

  • Hosting & monitoring
  • Security patching
  • Incremental changes
  • On-call for launches
TypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsAWS TerraformPostgreSQLStripe
Tell us what's slowing you down

Easy to reach. Easy to work with.

Tell us what you run and where it hurts. You'll get a straight answer about whether we can help — and if we can't, we'll say so. No account managers, no relay — just the team who'll actually build it.

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